Match-boxing machine.



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PATBNTED JULY '7, '1908.

W. H. PARKER. MATCH BOXING -MAGHINR APPLIOTION FILED 00T. 23, 1908. l

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m4-MW' fw AITURNEY No. 892,545. PATENTED JULY l7, 1908.

W. H. PAHHHR. MATCH BOXING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 28,1906.

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VII, Ain.. y 510 f WTNESSES: INVENTO ATTORNEY UNITED @Flillil WILLIAM. Il.. PARKER, OF PASSARE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO DlXlll MATCH COMPANY, Ul? MEMPHIS, '.lllNNlSSSIQlQ, A COltlOflthllON OF NEW JERSEY.

MATCH-BOXING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

atented July 7, 1908.

To all 107mm it may concern:

Be it known that l, Wimmer l-l. PARKER, oi Passaic, Passaic county, -New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Match- BoXing Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in 4machines for boxing matches, and more particularly to machines which arc adapted for use in connection with match coils in which the matches are held side by side and bound together by a webbing or belt.

The object of my invention is to produce a machine ot' this character in which the matches are fed evenly and nicely into the match trays, in which the tubes can be fed in folded. and compact shape to a pointadjacent to the iillcd match trays, and in which thc tubes are opened, the Ylilled trays inserted in them, and the lilled boxes discharged ready for packing.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is. a side view oi' the machine. Fig. 2 is an end view with the chutes supplying the Itubes removed from the machine. Fig. 3 is a top view of the machine Complete. F igs.` 4 and 5 are two views illustrating the mechanism for inserting the trays to receive thc matches into the tray holder. Fig". 6 is a face view of the bottom of the chute which delivers the tubes, and

7 is a vertical section ol the same, showing the device that opens the tubes in succession.' Fig. S is a side view of a .modilicd form ol feeding device for the tubes, and Fig. 9 is a top view of the same. Fig. 10 is a view illustrating one oil the details shown in Figs. S and 9, which is a clip lor pressing on the tubes to feed them to the iront of the chute, and a mechanism for lifting the clip 4out oi engagement with thc chute.

In the drawings 1() illustrates the fra me oi the machine, and the machine is driven by a suitably placed pulley 11 on the shaft 12. On this shalt is arranged a roll 13,y and above it is installed another roll 14, these rolls being arranged to propel a tape 15 which passes between them. The roll 13 out away, as at 1G, so that .the roll will slip at `this point and thus make the pulling on the tape intermittent. A coiling device 17 is vinstalled on the machine and is driven by a suitable transmission ,device 1S. The other end of the tape 1.5 is incorporated in a roll 19,

and closely embraces a series of matches, this roll 1S.) being secured on a pivotcd arm 20. A roll2l presses down on the tape 15 ata point where the matches emerge from the coil into the chute or guide way Ou the back of the machine and secured on the shaft 12, is a gear wheel 23 which meshes with the gear wheel 24, which is mounted on a shaft, the other ond of which operates a ruiter-gear 25 in mesh with a second mitergear 26, serving Vto operate the horizontal shaft 27. Suitably disposed, on this shaft 27, is a power wheel 28 which has the spiral teeth 29 arranged around a part of its surface, the balance of the surface el the wheel being provided with a iin or stra-ight tooth 30 which is shown more particularly in Fig. 3. This wheel 28 is in mesh with a gear wheel 31 on thc shaft 32, and when the shaft 27 rotates continuously, the shaft 32 is givenl an intermittent motion and is then locked by means of the tooth 30 until the spiral gears 29 are again in mesh with the wheel 31, when. another partial rotation of the shalt is caused. On the shalt 32 is arranged a tray carrier 33 which is furnished, in its periphery, with the recesses 34 for holding the trays 35. These trays are fed to the machine on a belt 36 revolving onfone end around a pulley 37 turning on the shaft 38, which is mounted on the bracket 3) which is secured to the machine. The rotation of this belt is continuous from any source of power, and is fast enough to supply boxes faster than they are needed so as to insure a supply. These boxes ride up against a pair ol rods 40 which are secured to the machine, shown in Figs. 1 and 4, thus resting opposite the tray holder. f1 bar 41 actuatcs a plunger 42 which is normally held back by a spring 43, and the outer end of the bar 41 is operated by a lever 44 pivotcd at 45, on the machine, this shaft 45 having another short lever, the end of which is supplied with a roller 4G engaging the cam L17. This mechanism is so regulated that when the tray holder is at rest and locked in place, the cam 47 operates, through the intervening mechanism, the plunger 42, which plunger snaps the tray in front of it into )lace in one oi tho cut away `iortions 34, this being shown more.particularly in F ig. 5. A shield 48 is allixed to the plunger 42 to hold back the set ol trays on the belt S6 until the plunger is again withdrawn, and then the next tray 35 is carried, by the belt 36, up

i5, bearing 55.- A bar 561s ha @da the ma s,

`againstthe rods 40.' The trays are guided,

when on this belt 36, by suitably dlsposedguides 4 9. The tray thus inserted is carried arejunrdgonthe next uarter rotation of the tray carrier 33, and he d underneath the end `of the chute 22, the match feeding mechanf ism being then put in motion to feed the box. As Athe 'matches cease' to emerge fromv the chute, the tray holder is advanced another short turn, and the filled box is carried around infront ofthe plunger 50. This plunger acts toeject the box from the tray holder, and is mounted on the Uesha ed rod 51 sliding in the bearings v52, and sli in these bearings by means ofthejlever?) pivoted at 54, in the onone end, and is supplie with the roller that runs in a cam-groove inthe cam 57, thus l the-tray is carried, in the machine, is very throwingthe lunger forward at a predeter- Vmined interva which will be when the tray .It willthus be s eenthat the distance that slight, and it takes up very llittle room and requires va small amount of power. Themachlne is rovidedwith'a means for supplyand olding1 tubesI to receive the trays aforesaid, and t ese tubes are fed in a chute 58 that is provided with a lunger 59, and a means, as 60, for manualy operating and Withdraivingthe plunger 59 against the action thrugh the cords' 61 of the weights 62.

l 4The actionof the weights serves to force the folded tubes down toward the bottom of the chute, as shown inFig, 7. The trays 63 are thus caused to lie flat against one another, andthe bottom tray is, at the proper time,

i v:pressed down from the top onto the platform 6e to assume the position shown as at 65.

lt is held in. this position by the end' of the lever 66, which is normally withdrawn by a spring 67, is pivoted at 68, and has a roller 69 that is operated, every quarter turn, by the cam 70 on the shaft 32, this cam lying between the frame of the machine and the wheel 3l. The free end of the lever 66 has a recess 7l to receivethe tube, and a narrowed portion 72 to pass between adjacent boxes to separate the next succeeding box, and the wall of this portin 72 acts to retard the succeeding tubes While the free end ofthe lever is down, asin Fig. 7. Vhen'thelever is down, in this position, the lip 73, onllthe top thereof, engages the inner ends 74 of the levers which are pivoted at 75 and have the lower arms 76, allowing the lowest tube to be grasped and opened. When the cam 70 allows the spring 67 to pull back the free end of the lever 66,

the upper surface of the lever 66 engages the lower edge of the arms 74, and these levers are made to assume the position shown in dotted outline in Fig. 6, so that when the Y free end of-the lever 66 is u` but one tube all hasbeen 'allowed to emergeY ar enough to be grasped, the'next. dmcent 0f the pointed scatta portion 72. This' mechanism is, of course,4

so regulateid that this opening of the tube takes place immediately before the ejecting of a tray, from the tray holder, and when the lever 66 rises up, the iilled'and closed box drops olf the shelf 64. Thus the trays are inserted in the machine, filled with matches, placed in their tubes, and then are ready for packing. In' lieu of the feeding, by means .of the weights 62, l may provide the feed shown in-Figs. 8 and 9, where a suitable eccentric or mechanism 7 7 is secured to the end of the shaft 32,jand this mechanism serves to operate a pawl and ratchet movement 78 on the same shaft with the sprocket wheel 79,A

over which passes/a chain 80, this chain 80 also passing around a lsprocket"Wheel 8l, and this chain forming one side or wall of 'a chute 82. Clips 83 are provided on the chain, these clips projectin out into the chute 82 to positively feed t e folded tubes l, of course, wish to be understood, as not limiting myselfvto these methods of feeding andfinserting a steady supply of tubes for the trays, as this can be done ina number of waysyand the above described are simply cited as some ways of doing it.

Having thus described my invention, whatl 1. A. machine of the hind described com-l prising a chute for the passage of the matches, said chute being arranged to hold the matches side by side and ima thin layer, a carrier for the trays arranged below the chute, a second ros.-4

chute arranged to feed folded tubes to apoint y to one side of the aforesaid carrier, means for opening the tubes and holding them opposite the filled trays, and means for discharging the trays laterally from the carrier into the tubes.

2, A match boxing machine, comprising a chute arranged to deliver matches in a thin layer, a carrier adapted to carry trays below' the chute, a second chute arranged tode liver folded tubes-to a point at one side of the carrier, a device to severally engage the tubes, o )en them, and hold them opposite the fille trays, and mechanism for pushing the trays laterally into ,said tubes. 1

3. A match boxing machine, comprisin a guide chute for matches, arranged to hold them in parallel relation, a tray carrier adapted tozmove the trays below the chute, a tube chute arranged to deliver folded tubes to a point adjacent to the carrier, a swinging .lever moving opposite the discharge end ot the tubtI chute and adapted to severally ongagn tho tubes, open thcin7 and hold them opposite the' trays, and means for pushing the. trays front the carrier into the tubos.

4. A match boxing machine Comprising a matt-,h chute to-dolivor matches in parallel relation, a trayl-,arrior arranged t0 carry trays bvlow tho match chute, a tube chute to dtlivtr to a point at one side of the carrier and adapted to 'fond folded tubos, a devirn to separato a tubo from theI Following tubos, nwans for oponing tho. tube so scparattd, and moans for pushing a filled tray latorally troni a. carrier into tho opened tubo.

5. Tho combination with the carrier and matins for fillingl trays thm-0in'7 of" the. tubo rbuto to dvlivm' folded trays adjacent to the carrier, swinging arms on the sides of that chut@v adaptod to Ontor bctwcon the front tubo and tho next following tubt, invans for actui'iting thvl arms and oponing tho stparatod tubr, :1nd nuans fvr dist-liarging a filled tra)Y into thvI tubo so optnod.

(i. The combination with a rarrirr and moans for 'filling trays thtrvin, of' thv tubo t'huto adaptt'd to ronvcy foldod tubos to a mint nvar thv carritr, and a sh'inging luvvr liaving its fr0@ 0nd shaped to tngagt, thv front tub(l of' thu tubtv serios, separatiit from tlm following tubos, optn tho tubo, and hold it in position to rtwoivo a tray disrliargml from tho carritr.

\\'.llilili\i\l ll. PARKER.

WAnnaN B. lllu'rcniNsoN, FRAN K F. (amfif. 

